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China’s military announced it “completed various tasks” Wednesday in open military exercises in the Taiwan region. #China extended its #militarydrills for a third time on Tuesday, in response to U.S. House Speaker #NancyPelosi’s trip to Taiwan.

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The #USSRonaldReagan aircraft carrier turned its direction twice and stayed away from Taiwan throughout the drills. It was widely seen as a failure for Taiwan separatists, who claimed to have the support of U.S. military interventions.
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The New York Times reported the #Pentagon ordered the aircraft carrier to stay away after lengthy consultation with the White House. Several analysts from the Taiwan region believed it indicated the U.S. is losing competence in interfering in #China’s cross-strait affairs.
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The U.S. is also suffering a landslide loss in getting international support by 170:7. While 7 nations, namely the #G7, blamed China for “unnecessary escalation,” more than 170 countries made related statements upholding #China’s sovereignty.

#China warned the U.S. about the visit repeatedly for four months. Besides the seven Western nations led by the U.S., the rest of the world does not seem to agree with Pelosi’s actions as multiple #globalcrises are going on, including the ones in Ukraine.
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#Malaysia’s Special Envoy of the Prime Minister slammed the West's double-standard on China’s Taiwan and #Ukraine. “… while calling for Ukrainian sovereignty to be respected; they intend to interfere … and use Taiwan to create fissures in #China,” he said on Twitter.
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